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THE LITERATURE of NAVAL AND MARINE SCIENCE

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VAN NOSTRAND’S NAUTICAL MANUALS

350 Pages 5 × 7½ Postpaid, $3.00

The Men on Deck MASTER, MATES AND CREW Their Duties and Responsibilities A Manual for the American Merchant Service By FELIX RIESENBERG Commanding Schoolship Newport New York State Nautical School

MASTER ⎫ Concise statement of their duties and responsibilities and the laws under which they work and live

Chief MATE ⎪

Second MATE ⎪

Third MATE ⎪

WATCH OFFICER ⎪

Junior Officer ⎬

Cadet ⎪

Quartermaster ⎪

Carpenter ⎪

Boatswain ⎪

Foremast Hands ⎭

DISCIPLINE—on board ship

The Books of the Sea

Points out the things the various members of the deck department of an ocean or Great Lakes steam vessel may reasonably be expected to know, and the things they may be required to do. The book does not pretend to tell HOW, but shows WHAT a modern American seaman ought to know, and to do.

VAN NOSTRAND’S NAVAL BOOKS

730 Pages 6¼ × 9¼ Postpaid $6.50 159 Full Page Plates 10 Color Plates

Modern Seamanship By Admiral Austin M. Knight, U.S.N. SEVENTH EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED

CONTENTS—The Hull and Fittings of a Ship. Rope. Knotting and Splicing. Mechanical Appliances on Shipboard. Blocks and Tackles. Handling Heavy Weights. Compass. Log and Lead. Submarine Signals. Boats. Handling Boats in a Surf. Ground Tackle. Carrying Out Anchors. The Steering of Steamers. The Rules of the Road. Manoeuvering to Avoid Collision. Piloting. Handling a Steamer Alongside a Dock. Placing a Ship in a Dry Dock. Weather and the Laws of Storms. Handling Steamers in Heavy Weather. The Handling of Torpedo Vessels. Keeping Stations and Manoeuvering in Squadron. Towing. Rescuing the Crew of a Wreck. Man Overboard. Stranding. Hints for Junior Officers Doing Line Duty. Appendix.

The official text book at the U. S. Naval Academy and in use throughout the service. Describes the handling of all vessels, men-of-war, merchantmen, naval auxiliaries and small boats.

Transcriber’s Note:

Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated below. Obsolete and alternative spellings were left unchanged.

Obvious printing errors, such as duplicate words, backwards, upside down, or partially printed letters and punctuation, were corrected. Final stops missing at the end of sentences and abbreviations were added.

The following items were changed:

“access” to “excess” “Manoeuvring” to “manoeuvering” “effect” to “affect”